Adding to the lists of best photobooks for 2011 [bjp, LBM, conscientious, photo-eye, times ] here is my selection from the photobook 2011 cohort:

Greg hartley: Forty four thirty three

Forty four thirty three is a book based on 4’33″ by John Cage. It is a series of passive photographs taken once a minute for forty four minutes and thirty three seconds. With minimal interference from the photographer, the photographs echo the composition by Cage: minimal, ambient, passive. To watch FULL SCREEN and volume ON.

Daniella Fedele: A Step Into Other’s Photos

An interactive book in the shape of two related cubes, where Daniela  investigated personal archives of numerous people, and using the images they provided, re-enacted them.